Councilman Myrick
made a motion to approve the draft copy of the minutes of the February 7, 2013 council
meeting.Councilman Baxter seconded the
motion and it passed with affirmative votes from Councilmembers Baxter, Kerby,
Myrick and Rawlings, Councilmembers Crosby and Griffin abstained from voting
since they were not present at the February 7th meeting.Councilman Baxter made a motion to approve
the agenda of the February 21, 2013 meeting.Councilman Crosby seconded the motion and it passed with six affirmative
votes.

Administrative
& Committee reports:

Councilwoman
Griffin recognized the parents, coaches, cheerleaders and
football players of the Bloomingdale Bears “8” & under football team and
presented each player and cheerleader with a Certificate of Achievement for
ending the CAA Football season in First Place.

Councilman Myrick made
a plea to citizens to submit to City Hall the names, years of service and
branch of service of anyone they know that live or lived in the City and are serving
or served in the military so this information can be engraved on the Veterans
Monument.

Mayor Tipton reported
that maintenance employee James Tyson's mother passed away and requested we
remember him and his family at this time.

City
Administrator Akridge reported on the following:

1.The 2013/2014 budget proposal, budget
calendar and CIP have been distributed with the first budget meeting scheduled
on March 12, 2013 at 5:30pm.

2.The LMIG resurfacing low bidder was RB
Barker at $47,403.

3.The Chatham County Commissioners is
hosting the CMA on March 6, 2013 at the Trade Center with the social at 6:00
and dinner at 6:30

4.A special thank you to Councilman Kerby
and wife Daphne and Councilman Myrick and wife Tammy for their contribution of
$1,500 each to the Veterans Monument

Councilman
Baxter reported on the following:

1.Thanked Attorney Dickey for his diligent
work on the L.O.S.T. negotiations.

2.Called on Chief Tyler to give a report
on the State inspection, Chief reported that the department passed the State
inspection on Tuesday with very little errors or problems on reports.

3.Chief Tyler also reported on the calls received
this month were 51% medical and 2-5% fire.

Councilman
Crosby reported on the following:

1.The History Society Annual Breakfast
dinner will be held on February 25th at 6:30pm at the Community
Building.

2.Super Museum Sunday was held on February
10th and there was approximately 50 to visit our Museum

3.The GMA “Georgia’s Cities” magazine
published an article last month about the Museum, the Veterans Monument and
other projects in the City.

4.The Christmas tree at the Museum is dead
but Mr. Karl Johnson is pursuing a replacement at no charge to the City.

5.There were six people who attended the
GAZA Conference in Athens the first of the month

Councilman
Kerby reported on the following:

1.A
meeting will be held next week with Hussey, Gay & Bell to address a few
items prior to the expected

March
completion

2.Thanked
the citizens for the patience during this project.

Councilman
Myrick reported on the following:

1.Thanked everyone for their help as the
Veterans Monument is nearing com

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Principal King of Bloomingdale Elementary
School gave his annual report and was
pleased to report that the school has been a “Title One” distinguished
school for ten years in a row.He thanked
Chief Pike for the presence of officers on campus, performing a security
sweep and submitting suggestions for a safer school. GEMA, CEMA and Chief Tyler have performed
security sweeps as well.The school
is dedicated to education and protection of the students.An Eagle Scout will be working on a beautification
project for the courtyard in March and the next project will be the curb
appeal on Pine Street. Very pleased
that recycling has been implemented in the city and the students will be
participating in that program.Students
will be making visits to the Museum in the next few weeks and will be
doing all they can to support the Veterans Monument.There will be a “Spring Fling” on March
23.

2.Ms. Fran Plyer with WastePro
presented the City with a check in the amount of $1,000 to be used for

Community
projects and stated that if there was anything needed to please contact her.

Crosby made a
motion to approve the 24 x 60 carport/garage as submitted by Mr. Duggar.Councilman
Myrick seconded the motion and it passed with six affirmative votes.

4.Consider purchase and implementation of K-9
unit for the Police Department.Councilman
Baxter made

a
motion to approve the purchase and implementation of a K-9 unit to be budgeted
and begin working after entering the new fiscal year 2013/2014 with any
incidentals being purchased out of surplus.Councilman Crosby seconded the motion and it passed with six affirmative
votes.

Mayor Tipton reported that this
concludes theitems
presented for consideration for inclusion on the Council agenda prior to the deadline
of Wednesday, February 13, 2013.

The accounts payables were presented with Councilman
Myrick making a motion to pay the bills.Councilman Baxter seconded the motion and it passed with six affirmative
votes.

There being no further business, Councilman Kerby
made a motion to adjourn at 7:40pm.Councilwoman Griffin seconded the motion and it passed with six
affirmative votes.

Respectfully submitted,

Diane Proudfoot, Asst. City Clerk

Note:Section § 50-14-1 of the Official Code of the
State of Georgia Annotated requires that the minutes shall, as a minimum,
include a description of each motion or other proposal made, and a record of
all votes.These minutes meet the
minimum requirements.However, in an
attempt to provide as much information as possible to the citizens, the
recording clerk has included additional background data and discussion on the
subjects presented to council.The
statements of individuals are not verbatim and may be summary in nature.